The following article was published in the Edgefield [S.C.] Advertiser, 14 May 1856, p. 2, c. 4:

"REACHED KANSAS.

By a brief letter foprm Capt. E. B. Bell, we learn that he and his men have reached the "debatyeable land" in health and safety. The follwoing is a lsit of Capt. Bell's men now in the Territory:
1. C. C. Corbet 23. J. B. Lambert
2. J. Kelly 24. C. B. Houston
3. W. Beard 25. F. W. Andrews
4. J. A. Brown 26. W. A. Dendy
5. J. G. Steel 27. F. N. Branson
6. J. Johnson 28. G. Delaughter
7. W. T. Robertson 29. A. O. Ginn
8. B. J. Davis 30. A. McMillan
9. J. J. Slater 31. J. J. Simmons
10. W. Lesene [Lesesne] 32. J. L. Avery
11. W. Prosser 33. T. J. Dendy
12. J. B. King 34. W. J. Floyd
13. J. H. Blackburn 35. J. A. Kennedy
14. J. Prosser 36. T. D. Leggett
15. J. T. Brown 37. S. L. Riddle
16. J. C. Rhodes 38. P. J. Gassard
17. E. J. Prosser 39. G. Matthews
18. C. Buist 40. E. Symmes
19. F. M. Kilpatrick 41. J. D. addel
20. H. B. Addison 42. B. F. Banks
21. A. [Armstead] Burt 43. G. Robinson
22. W. H. Fowler 44. S. G. Bowmen

45. S. M. Hyams

Capt. B. requests us to say that all letters, intended for the men of his company above enumerated, should be addressed to them at "Kansas City" for the present."

This company is not primarily from Edgefield; in fact, I can only definately identify but a handful of names which I am sure were Edgeield District men (of course, some of the surnames and initials are so generic that it is difficult to tell just who they were).

W. T. Robertson was probably form western Edgefield District. W. Lesene [Lesne] was undoubtedly from Clarendon District, and could be William Theodore Lesesne, a lawyer from Clarendon. H. B. Addison is undoubtedly Henry Addison, son of a prominent Edgefield Village merchant. G. Delaughter is undoubtedly from the lower party of Edgefield, near present day North Augusta. B. F. Banks is undoubtedly Benjamin Franklin Banks, a farmer from near present-day Batesburg.

E. Symmes and A. Burt were previously identified as being from Pickens District, and almost certainly the men surnamed "Dendy" were from that northwestern South Carolian district.